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Singapore Airlines full schedule for May 2020

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Only 3% of its usual schedule in operation for the month. Singapore Airlines has announced their schedule for the month of May. In this month, Singapore Airlines will only take off about 324 times – and that includes a single weekly return Silkair service to Chongqing. In May, SIA will continue operating to the 15 cities in 13 countries, no change from the cities it operated to in April. These include Los Angeles, Shanghai, Sydney, London, Zurich, Frankfurt and a handful of Southeast Asia capitals. This is the second month that SIA is operating a skeletal schedule. While SIA’s booking engine and GDS do show a ‘regular’ pre Covid-19 schedule in June, we would expect that this be pared down significantly, given that international travel restrictions are not showing any signs of easing up right now. Stay tuned for more updates. Full schedule below: Southeast Asia North Asia Australia Europe USA Southeast Asia – 129 flights Sector Flight no. Days operating Dep Arr Duration Aircraft Singapore – Kuala Lumpur SQ104 Mon, Wed, Fri 0830 0930 …

No more 10X on PayWave payments using UOB Preferred Platinum Visa physical card

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UOB has made a small change to their terms and conditions for the UOB Preferred Platinum Visa card. From 2 May, only mobile contactless payments and selected online transactions will earn 10x UNI$ (or 4 mpd). Mobile payment includes Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay and UOB Mighty. The cap of S$1,000 per calendar month remains to earn the elevated number of UNI$, after which the earn rate reverts to the usual 0.4 mpd. What this means is that using the physical credit card on the PayWave terminals will only earn you a measly 0.4 mpd, so you are better off loading that card on your mobile phone and leaving the card at home. Note that this does not include transactions made by Samsung’s Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology. NFC payments using Samsung Pay are somewhat in the grey zone, so your mileage may vary. Also, public transport payments via SimplyGo are excluded, so you will earn 0.4 mpd for those. Current practice Currently, cardholders will earn 10 UNI$ (or 4 mpd) for all contactless payments, as …

Changi Airport to shut Terminal 2 from May 2020 to October 2021

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Move will help to accelerate the upgrading works, will be completed by up to one year ahead of schedule Singapore Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced yesterday (6 Apr 2020) in Parliament that Singapore Changi Airport will shutter Terminal 2 1 May 2020 onwards for 18 months. The airport operator does not think that traffic will return to its former levels for the rest of this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, as such, it only makes sense to do a full closure of the terminal to facilitate the previously announced upgrading works, which was slated for a 2024 completion. Along with Terminal 2’s temporary closure, Changi Airport Group has also said that it may suspend Terminal 4’s if all the airlines operating out of the terminal suspend flights. In view of the very small number of flights at Terminal 4 (T4), operations at the terminal have been scaled down considerably with a small number of aircraft boarding gates kept in use and shops allowed to close early after the last flight for …

Covid-19: Airlines and hotels extend elite status for select members

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Several airlines frequent flyer and hotel loyalty programmes have announced membership extensions for affected members. Here are the details. LAST UPDATED: 29 April 2020 With Covid-19 entering now heading into its fifth month soon and seeing no signs of easing, global travel has taken a severe beating. Airlines have made drastic cuts to their capacity, while hotels are reporting all-time low occupancy rates. Moreover, China now makes up one of the most significant group of members that any airline or hotel will want, so I will imagine any loyalty programme manager will want to ensure that this group returns to the fold once the crisis is over. Several programmes have announced expiry extensions for their elite members, almost most of them are targeted at members in Greater China. See below for details. Frequent flyer programmes:Singapore AirlinesCathay PacificQantas Frequent Flyer Hotel loyalty programmes:Marriott Bonvoy (Updated)Hilton HonorsWorld of HyattIHG Rewards ClubAccor Live LimitlessGlobal Hotel Alliance DISCOVERY (New) Singapore Airlines [Updated] Singapore Airlines have announced a one-year extension for all KrisFlyer Elite Silver, Elite Gold, PPS Club and …

Singapore Airlines full schedule for April 2020

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Only 306 flights operating this month. Singapore Airlines have published their schedule for the month of April, with its previously announced ‘greatly reduced’ capacity. In this month, Singapore Airlines will only take off slightly over 300 times – and that includes a single weekly Silkair service to Chongqing. In this month alone, SIA will only operate to 15 cities in 13 countries, including Los Angeles, Shanghai, Sydney, London, Zurich, Frankfurt and a handful of Southeast Asia capitals. Full schedule below: Southeast Asia North Asia Australia Europe USA Southeast Asia – 123 flights Sector Flight no. Days operating Dep Arr Duration Aircraft Singapore – Kuala Lumpur SQ104 Mon, Wed, Fri 0830 0930 1h A350-900 Kuala Lumpur – Singapore SQ105 Mon, Wed, Fri 1025 1135 1h 10m A350-900 Singapore – Bangkok SQ976 Mon, Fri, Sun 1600 1725 2h 25m B787-10 Bangkok – Singapore SQ979 Mon, Fri, Sun 1830 2155 2h 25m B787-10 Singapore – Jakarta SQ966 Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 1830 1920 1h 50m A350-900 Jakarta – Singapore SQ967 Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 2015 2305 …